HERESY?

HERESY! DO NOT FALL INTO THEIR TRAP[4]

MEANING Heresy
• Heresy is the doctrine or practice that is claimed to be the teachings of Islam when in fact contrary to the Quran and the Sunnah.

REASONS FOR THE EMERGENCE
• There are individuals who have self-interest as to get the position, wealth, and so forth.
• There are people who want to undermine the teachings of Islam and distort the faith of Muslims.

FEATURES Heresy
• polluting the sanctity of Al-Quran and Hadith by, changing, or making absurd interpretation of the Quran and Hadith.
• Changing the basic principles of the Islamic faith as claimed unite all religions including Islam into a new religion or to prosecute all religions are the same as the Bahai teachings.
• Worship leaders as the Imam Mahdi, the prophet, as gods, or God incarnate as Oadiani teachings.
• Reject qat'ie thing in Islam as to eliminate the teaching of jihad.
• Changing the forms of worship such as reducing the 19-day fasting
• Claiming to be doing strange things connected with supernatural things such as calling the souls of the dead, including the spirit of the prophets, saints, and angels.

EFFECT OF BAD PRACTISE Heresy
A. Impact on the individual:
(A) a person of faith will be damaged.
(B) Wasting the time. A lot of wasted time with activities that is not healthy and contrary to the teachings of Islam as worship and practice habits and superstitions of polytheism;
(C) close minded. Their thinking is often dictated by leaders who claimed to have received revelation. Actions and their behavior are irrational and fanatical;
(D) life is not stable. Involvement with deviant teachings leads to the neglect of responsibility as a student, husband, wife, mother, or father.

Impact on society:
(A) the collapse of the family institution. Cracks can occur among family members who lost because of differences in the teachings of faith and suspicion between them;
(B) the unity threatened. Fanaticism of the followers of heresy and their leaders will fight against the surrounding people who object their teaching and they also will destroy the unity of Muslim society. This will affect unity and harmony of life in society.

Impact on the country:
(A) the country will decline. Involvement in deviant teachings does not make you a proactive and a waste of time. The matter will affect the performance of the economy that relies on contributions and individual productivity;
(B) the country was unstable. Involvement in deviant teachings would threaten community harmony and unity. This can undermine political stability and the economy. As a result, the country had to spend so much time and expense to maintain the stability of the country.

WHEN THE PROUD FILL IN YOUR HEART [5]

From the hadith of the prophet Muhammad, where it is stated:

“One don’t enter the paradise when there is slight feeling of proud in themselves”

Thus the feeling of proud in oneself will decrease the faith towards Allah, whenever someone achieve something, the feeling of proud make them believe that  the achievement is solely come from their hard works and their determination. They forget about Allah which is the best place for dependent and the controller of everything in the earth and the heaven.

Thus those who are very proud of themselves will reject from accepting the true even though it is very clear in front of their eyes. We take into example the moral story on the incident that happen to Firaun. Even though he knew that prophet Musa was bringing to him the true religion but due to the outmost feeling of proud and egos, he refused to follow Musa and even mentioned that he is actually the God.

The impact of this bad attitude is clear especially to the Aqidah of the person, as they will believe that everything is originated from oneself, Allah would not have power to determine it! They always feel that they are the best and refuse to accept the truth from the other and even from its own religion.